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Victorian Novel In Context

by Grace Moore

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 An introduction to key texts, literary, historical and critical contexts for the Victorian novel.
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Singer'S Typewriter And Mine - Reflections On Jewish Culture

by Ilan Stavans

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 Stavans interweaves his own experience with that of other Jewish writers and thinkers to explore modern Jewish culture across the boundaries of language and nation
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Germany'S Colonial Pasts

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 Offers a wide-ranging study of German colonialism and its legacies. This title provides essays that focus on Germany's formal colonial empire in Africa and the Pacific between 1884 and 1914, and present material from earlier or later periods such as German emigration before 1884 and colonial discourse in German-ruled Polish lands.
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Inveterate Dreamer - Essays And Conversations On Jewish Culture

by Ilan Stavans

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 Is there such a thing as a modern Jewish literary tradition, one navigating across linguistic and national lines? If so, how should one define it? This volume explores the problems and prospects of representing Jewish experiences through such media as Holocaust memoirs and Jewish museums.
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Exquisite Corpse - Chance And Collaboration In Surrealism'S Parlor Game

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 This collection is the first to address both historical and contemporary works that employ the ritual of the cadavre exquis. It offers a unique overview of the efforts of scholars and artists to articulate new notions of crossing temporal and spatial boundaries and to experience in a new way the body's mutability through visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic frames.
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Quiet At School - An Educator'S Guide To Shy Children

by Kathleen Rudasill e Robert J. Coplan

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 Written by a developmental and an educational psychologist with decades of experience between them, this book demystifies the latest research on shyness. Topics covered include how shyness develops in childhood, the unique challenges faced by shy children at school, and general strategies and specific techniques for improving shy childrenâ€™s social, emotional, and academic functioning at school.
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Victorian Poetry In Context

by Rosie Miles

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 Introduces the poetry of the Victorian era and its social, cultural and political contexts. This book offers an overview of critical approaches to several key texts and discussion of how Victorian poetry has remained influential in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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Victorian Novel In Context

by Grace Moore

33,38€ + 10% CARD

 An introduction to key texts, literary, historical and critical contexts for the Victorian novel.
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Victorian Poetry In Context

by Rosie Miles

32,18€ + 10% CARD

 Introduces the poetry of the Victorian era and its social, cultural and political contexts. This book offers an overview of critical approaches to several key texts and discussion of how Victorian poetry has remained influential in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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The Imaginary Jew

by Alain Finkielkraut

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 The Holocaust changed what it means to be a Jew, for Jew and non-Jew alike. This title decodes the shifts in anti-Semitism at the end of the Cold War, chronicles the impact of Israel's policies on European Jews, opposes arguments both for and against cultural assimilation, and reopens questions about Marx and Judaism.
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Finding Mr Flood

by Ciara Geraghty

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 Dara Flood sets out to find the father she never knew . . . A funny and moving book, warm and addictive as Marian Keyes.
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Children'S Literature In Context

by Fiona Mcculloch

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 Featuring close readings of commonly studied texts, this book takes students of Children's Literature through the key works, their contexts and critical and popular afterlives. It begins by introducing key issues involved in the study of children's literature and its social, cultural and literary contexts.
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Children'S Literature In Context

by Fiona Mcculloch

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 Featuring close readings of commonly studied texts, this book takes students of Children's Literature through the key works, their contexts and critical and popular afterlives. It begins by introducing key issues involved in the study of children's literature and its social, cultural and literary contexts.
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Contemporary American Novel In Context

by Andrew Dix, Brian Jarvis e Paul Jenner

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 Adventurous, engaging and politically urgent, contemporary American novels have come to enjoy a particular prestige and, through university courses, film adaptations and cultural controversies, a global circulation. This book provides an introduction to the contemporary American novel focusing on contexts, key texts and criticism.
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Contemporary American Novel In Context

by Andrew Dix, Brian Jarvis e Paul Jenner

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 Adventurous, engaging and politically urgent, contemporary American novels have come to enjoy a particular prestige and, through university courses, film adaptations and cultural controversies, a global circulation. This book provides an introduction to the contemporary American novel focusing on contexts, key texts and criticism.
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Medieval English Romance In Context

by Gail Ashton

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 Presents an introduction to the key texts and historical, cultural and critical contexts of medieval romance. This book introduces key issues and events that impacted on romance writing and its reception such as chivalric ideals, the Black Death, wars and 'Englishness' as well as key literary issues such as medieval manuscript production.
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Postcolonial Literatures In Context

by Julie Mullaney

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 Introduces key issues involved in the study of postcolonial literature including diasporas, postcolonial nationalisms, indigenous identities and politics and globalization. This book also contains a chapter on afterlives and adaptations that explores a range of wider cultural texts including film, non-fiction and art.
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The Contemporary American Novel In Context

by Andrew Dix, Dr Brian Jarvis e Dr Paul Jenner

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 Adventurous, engaging and politically urgent, contemporary American novels have come to enjoy a particular prestige and, through university courses, film adaptations and cultural controversies, a global circulation. This book provides an introduction to the contemporary American novel focusing on contexts, key texts and criticism.
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The Exquisite Corpse - Chance And Collaboration In Surrealism'S Parlor Game

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 This collection is the first to address both historical and contemporary works that employ the ritual of the cadavre exquis. It offers a unique overview of the efforts of scholars and artists to articulate new notions of crossing temporal and spatial boundaries and to experience in a new way the body's mutability through visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic frames.
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Double No-Hit - Johnny Vander Meer'S Historic Night Under The Lights

by James W. Johnson

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 The average pitcher has about a.000645 chance of throwing a no-hitter. In the spring of 1938, Cincinnati Reds rookie pitcher Johnny Vander Meer pitched two, back to back. The feat has never been duplicated. Double No-Hit offers an inning-by-inning account of that historic second consecutive no-hitter, accomplished during the first night game in New York City.
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Love Goes To Press - A Comedy In Three Acts

by Martha Gelhorn e Virginia Cowles

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 Set on the Italian front in World War II, this title presents the story of two women war correspondents - smart, sexy, and famous for scooping their male competitors - struggle to balance their professional lives with their love lives.
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Lee The Soldier

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 Guides the reader through the development of the Lee legend, from the heroic imagery of the Lost Cause to the more critical assessments of Lee.
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Father Francis M. Craft, Missionary To The Sioux

by Thomas W. Foley

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 Of all the Americans who have played a role in the lives of the Sioux, perhaps none has been more intriguing or controversial than Father Francis M Craft. This work focuses on his key role in Sioux and missionary history, and his lifelong struggle against personal demons that antagonized many in the church and federal government.
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Medic! - How I Fought World War Ii With Morphine, Sulfa, And Iodine Swabs

by Robert "Doc Joe" Franklin

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 A biography of medic Robert 'Doc Joe' Franklin. It documents the drama of ground gained and lives lost as well as the terrible human toll of battle on himself, his comrades, and civilians quite literally caught in the crossfire.
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